How to download a paper from an electronic journal Assuming you’re on the A-Z list of journals
The A-Z list gives you basic information about each journal
For example, the journal Heart
This information includes the name of the supplier Heart - BMJ, Oct , All NHS Athens In the case of Heart the supplier is the BMJ group
Alternatively, Journal of allied health ProQuest, Apr , All NHS Athens In this second example the supplier is Proquest.
Select the supplier of the journal you wish to read from the list below to see a short presentation showing how to download BMJ Clinical Key EBSCO Highwire Internurse JAMA Nature Ovid Proquest Sage Science Direct Springer Wiley
A BMJ title: Journal of clinical pathology
Clicking on the title of this journal takes you to the Athens login screen
Enter your Athens details and click Login
A list of available issues appears and the information at the top right of the screen shows that you’ve logged in successfully
Select the issue you want to view (I’ve chosen June 2013)
The contents appear and you can select the paper you want to download
In glorious PDF for convenient printing…
Click here to return to supplier menusupplier Click here for the next supplier Press Esc key to exit
A Clinical Key title
Log in here
Select the volume and issue you want
…and download the paper you require
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
EBSCO
Emergency medicine Australasia Note that there is a twelve month embargo period for this tile. This means that only issues that are at least twelve months old are available to download from
Enter your Athens details and click Login
Click on the publication year of your paper (2004 in my example)
Select the appropriate issue
The issue downloads…
Once you’ve found the paper you want click on PDF to download it
Ready to print…
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Highwire
Anesthesia and analgesia Note that this journal has a one year embargo period. This means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download. (However, there are more issues from this title available from OVID, our alternative supplier.) Click on the title of the journal to proceed.
Highwire redirects the link to the journal’s homepage
Click on PAST ISSUES
Select the year your paper was published in
Then select the appropriate issue
Find the right paper…
And after a short wait…
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Internurse: e.g. Journal of wound care
Clicking on the title of this journal takes you to the Athens login screen
Now you’ve been recognised simply select the issue you’re looking for from the list that appears
Select the paper you want…
And download it.
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
JAMA
Archives of dermatology Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2008 to You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range.
Click on SIGN IN
Select Sign in via Athens
Enter your account details and click Login
The website should have recognised your Athens ID. Click on All Issues
Make sure you the year you require is one to which we have full-text access
Select the issue…
Select the article you wish to read and click on PDF
The article should download.
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Nature. We currently only purchase one title from this supplier: Eye
Click on Login
Scroll down to find the link to the Athens Login…
here…
Enter your Athens details
There is no message to say you’ve been recognised… Click on Archive
Select the issue you want
Find the article you’re looking for, and
Download it (select PDF if you wish to print it out)
The A-Z list gives you basic information about each journal
For example, the journal Heart
This information includes the name of the supplier Heart - BMJ, Oct , All NHS Athens In the case of Heart the supplier is the BMJ group
Alternatively, Journal of allied health ProQuest, Apr , All NHS Athens In this second example the supplier is Proquest.
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
OVID: e.g. American journal of surgical pathology
American journal of surgical pathology Note that this titles states that it is Single concurrent user access only. This means that we have purchased a cheaper licence, enabling only one user at a time to gain access to this title. George Osborne would be proud of us.
After clicking on the title input your Athens details and click Login
Select the year you’re looking for from the list…
Now select the appropriate issue
Find and download the article
PDF for ease of printing
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Proquest, e.g. the American journal of health behavior
American journal of health behavior Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2003 to You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range. Other Proquest titles have an embargo period. An embargo of one year means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download.
Select Athens login
The options should default to NHS England. Click on Login
Enter your Athens details and click Login
Scroll down to see the issues available
Select the year and issue you want…
Find the article you wish to read…
Available in PDF for ease of printing
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
SAGE, e.g Journal of hand surgery: European volume
Enter your Athens details and click Login
Click on All issues
Select the issue that contains the article you want to read
Find and download the article
To print off in glorious PDF
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Science Direct: e.g. Acta anaesthesiologica taiwanica
Note that the holdings of this title only run from 2008 to You will not be able to download articles free of charge that were published outside this date range. Many Science Direct titles have similar restrictions, although about fifty titles have ongoing subscriptions.
Enter your Athens details and click Login
The site recognises you by name and affiliation
Select the volume and issue you require using the options on the left of the screen
Find the article and download it.
To download in printer-friendly PDF.
Springer, e.g. Clinical orthopaedics and related research
Enter your Athens details and click Login
Select the year …
…and then the issue you’re looking for
Before selecting the article you wish to read…
To download in printer-friendly PDF.
Click here to return to supplier menuhere Click here for the next supplier Press esc to exit
Wiley, e.g. Health information and libraries journal
Health information and libraries journal Note that this journal has a nine month embargo period. This means that only issues that are more than twelve months old are available for download. Click on the title of the journal to proceed.
Enter your Athens details and click Login
Select the year …
…and then the issue you’re looking for
Before downloading, in glorious PDF, this groundbreaking article…
…co-authored by two Pennine acute librarians!